Stoic Meditation Exercises

A list of the new audio recordings for Stoic Week 2013 with links to download MP3 files or listen online.

You can download from the links below for your MP3 players or listen online by clicking through.

Instructions for Audio Recordings
Some people have asked for more guidance on when and how to use the audio recordings. All recordings are in MP3 format and can be downloaded, usually by right-clicking on the link and selecting “Save as…”, although this depends on the browser you’re using. People using iPhones or other Apple devices may have to import the MP3 files to their iTunes library to play them on their devices, unless they’re using a third-party app. MP3 files are playable on almost any device, though. You’ll find it much easier to use these recordings on headphones.

Morning and Evening Meditation Routine
These are longer, optional recordings starting with some explanation, followed by an exercise. If you want to you can listen to these the first time you do the daily morning and evening routines, to help give yourself more structure, but don’t worry if you don’t have time, just use the shorter recordings, or do the morning and evening routines yourself, by following the instructions in the Handbook.

Morning and Evening Meditation (Exercise Only)
We recommend listening to these the first time you do the morning and evening meditation, to help guide you and provide some structure to the exercise. They’re quite brief but will help by providing an example of how to approach these daily exercises.

Stoic Attitudes Meditation Script
This is optional but many people have reported finding it useful and some participants, previously, listened to it every day. It contains some relaxation exercises and scripted Stoic affirmations, similar to the attitudes in SABS. If you don’t have much time, you may just want to listen to this on the first or second day of Stoic Week. This is a mainly verbal contemplative exercise.

Stoic Mindfulness and Premeditation Exercise
This is a longer and more challenging exercise. It’s intended for use on Saturday (Day 6 of Stoic Week), which is entitled “Preparation for Adversity”, and based around the same concept. This is a more visual contemplative exercise.

The View from Above
Our previous feedback suggested this was among the most popular exercises. It’s a bit longer than some of the others but not very demanding. This is designed to be done on Sunday (Day 7 of Stoic Week), which is entitled “The View from Above” and based around the same concept. This is a much more visual contemplative exercise.

24 thoughts on “Stoic Meditation Exercises”

I am very concerned because my i-phone number is now not recognised by my contacts. I believe it is connected to the registration process in some way. I am also having problems accessing the files through my i-phone which is interfering, to a certain extent, with my following the course. Apple clearly not ideal.

Hi, I can’t say any way that could be connected with the registration process. It doesn’t ask for your phone number, just your email address and it’s not linked in any way to your contacts. Apple products make it slightly more difficult to play MP4 files because they want to encourage you to buy them from iTunes rather than download them for free. All you have to do is download the files to a computer and import them to your iTunes library, though, and then you should be able to access them on your Apple devices.

I too have noticed the recording cutting off, and then it restarts. I’m also using an iPad. I suspect this is an Apple/iOS issue, not a connection issue. Their devices don’t always play nice with media online. I’ll just download them on my laptop. Thanks.

It’s not the internet connection cutting out. I had this same experience on iPhone from 3 different connections. Even on a computer, the mp3s can’t be scrubbed (fast fwd or rewound). I think it’s that the mp3 files are saved as a stream. For whatever reason, they will stop and replay from the beginning at ~2:00 on iPhone Safari each time. For viewers, downloading them to a laptop and playing them in a MP3 player will resolve this (browser won’t. It still treats the mp3 as a stream). For Donald, to resolve this, try re-exporting to a non-streamed mp3.

Once I was able to listen, the meditations were fantastic. Thanks very much for taking the time to make these.

Heard of this on Today this morning and am really interested. Have listened to the first recording and it is exactly what I had hoped for. Unfortunately I could only listen to it on my laptop. I may be missing something but I cannot see how to download it to my Iphone so I can listen to it while travelling – my best thinking time. Hope you can help.

I use Firefox but IE will work the same. Right click on the link and select “Save Link As” (or IE equivalent) and select location. The type, mp3, will already be selected. Then transfer to your iplayer from your laptop.
EileenB